Kate Haren (born 3 November 1985) is an Australian former rugby league footballer from the 2000s and 2010s.
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| Born | 3 November 1985 Innisfail, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A lock or second-rower, she represented Queensland and played for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership
Playing career edit
In 2008, Haren began playing rugby league for the Innisfail Leprechauns. Before playing rugby league, she was a national and state champion BMX rider.[1][2]
In 2009, she made her debut for Queensland in their win over New South Wales.[3] In 2012, she played her second game for Queensland before retiring at the end of that season.[4][5]
In 2017, Haren returned to rugby league, training with the Innisfail Leprechauns men's team during the week and travelling to Brisbane on weekends to play for the Wests Panthers.[6] On 23 July 2017, she was 18th player for Queensland.[7]
In June 2018, she represented Queensland Country at the inaugural Women's National Championships.[8] On 30 July 2018, she signed with the St George Illawarra Dragons for the inaugural season of the NRL Women's Premiership.[9]
In Round 2 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Dragons, coming off the bench in a 22–10 win over the New Zealand Warriors.[10]
On 3 August 2019, Haren stated at second-row in Wests Panthers' 20–8 SEQ Women's Division 1 Grand Final win over the Burleigh Bears, the Panthers first-ever women's premiership win. Haren announced her retirement following the game.[11][12]
References edit
- ^ "Kate Haren". NRL.
- ^ "FNQ Zone History" (PDF). SportsTG. 9 June 2010.
- ^ "Innisfail to Illawarra: chasing an NRL dream". QRL. 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Kate Haren's extraordinary journey to the Dragons and NRL women's premiership". The Daily Telegraph. 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Kate Haren inspirational road to the NRLW rivals journey of fellow Innisfail league product Billy Slater". The Courier Mail. 27 March 2019.
- ^ "Far North rugby league players Kate Haren, Heather Ballinger and Tahlulah Tillett earn NRL deals". Cairns Post. 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Queensland Women's team announced". NRL. 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Dragons sign Queensland Origin trio for Women's Premiership". St George Illawarra Dragons. 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Queensland trio celebrate first win with Dragons". QRL. 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Broncos To Star In Women's SEQ Grand Final". QRL. 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Innisfail star goes out a champion". Cairns Post. 7 August 2019.